This research aims to analyze the modes of visual analysis that appear in
textbook. The methodology used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method,
which is used to investigate starting from collection, analysis, to drawing
conclusions which are presented qualitatively. Content analysis was chosen in this
research because it can summarize information accurately and systematically. The
research subject is a textbook entitled "Your English Partner: Beginner" by Unit
Pengembangan Bahasa UIN Antasari Banjarmasin. The research results show that
the English textbook contain three modes of visual analysis, namely
representational, compositional, and interactive. Then in the representational mode,
the most prominent is human image with 12 images in the text book. In the
compositional mode, the most prominent is illustrative with 16 images and the last
most prominent in interactive mode is high modality with 9 images